Needle and shuttle selling-cabinet



F. H. BACHELDER. NEEDLE' AND SHUTTLE SELLING CABINET.

' APPLICATION FILED APR-27, I920- 1,369,21 3. Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

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F. H. BACHELDER.

NEEDLE AND SHUTTLE SELLING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, I920.

' Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

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F. H. BACHELDER.

' .NEEDLE AND SHUTTLE SELLING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR.27, 1920.

1,369,213. Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

11m]: 11. BACHELDER, or ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

NEEDLE AND SHUTTLE SELLING-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

Application filed April 27, 1920. Serial N 0. 377,058.

a citizen of the United States, residing at Orange, in the county ofFranklin and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Needle and Shuttle Selling-Cabinets, ofwhich thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in needle and shuttle sellingcabinets, and is for the purpose of providing a cabinet adapted tocontain packages of needles of different sizes and for differentmachines, and also shuttles for the different machines, whereby thesalesmen can quickly and accurately obtain the needle or shuttle desiredby the purchaser.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a cabinet having arevoluble shaft carrying a plurality of radiating needle packagecarrying pockets and a plurality of shuttle compartments combined withmeans for rotating the shaft, and a pointer adapted to stop the shaft atthe proper point to position the pocket carrying the desired needleorshuttle, where they can be removed through an opening in the cabinetcase.

' Further ObJBCtS of the invention will appear from the followingdescription and disclosure.

In the accompanying drawings:' 7

. Fi ur 1 is a perspective view of a needle and shuttle cabinetembodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the under side ofthe top of the cabinet, showing the manner of supporting theslidingpointer.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged top plan view of the 7 indicating plate.

Fig. 4, is a vertical transverse seetlonal view onthe line (1+4, ofFig. 1. L

' Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fi 6 is a horizontal sectional view on the'lliie 6-6 of Fig. 4.

' Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of the sliding pointer. y

, Fig. 8 is' atop plan view of the to of the member carrylng' the needlepac age pockets. showing the spiral arrangement" of the notched stopscarried thereby. r

In carrying out myinvention, I provide 'a suitable case which; in'theform here shown, comprises a rectangular bottom portion 1, and acircular or drum portion 2, mounted on the top of the rectangularboxllke portion 1.

' A revoluble shaft 3 has its upper end in a suitable bearing in the top4, of the circular portion 2, and its lower end 5, stepped in a suitablebearing 6. A beveled gear 7 is secured to the shaft 3, just above thetop 8 of therectangular portion 2, and a horizontal operating shaft 9 isjournaled in suit- "able bearings 10, and carries a beveled gear 11,which meshes with the gear 7. The outer end of the shaft 9 projectsbeyond the cabinet case, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and is provided witha suitable knurled wheel 12. By this means the shaft 3 is rotated fromthe outside of the cabinet in either direction.

A circular member 13 is secured to the shaft 3, at the points 14, andthis circular member carries a plurality of radiating pockets 15, whichare to receive packages 16, of needles arranged flat-wise therein. Thecircular portion 2 of the cabinet case is provided with a verticalopening 17, through which the packages of needles may be removed fromtheir pockets. The pockets have outer open ends and are caused toregister with the openings 17 so that the desired package of needles maybe removed therefrom. V V

For the purpose of causing the pocket containing the desired package ofneedles to stop at the opening 17, I provide a pointer and stoparrangement, which will automatically stop the member 13, with itsneedle pockets at the opening 17, as it is being rotated through thewheel 12 and shaft 9, as

before described.

The pointer and stop mechanism includes which have stop notches 20, attheir apex, as

shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 4. These notched stop members 19 arearranged substantially as shown in Fig. 8. A pointer member 21 slidesback and forth on parallel rods 22, which are secured to the top memher4 of the circular part 2, as shown in Fig.

'2. This sliding member or head '21 carries a knurled member 23', whichis provided with oppositely extending pointers 24. Secured to'the top ofthe circular portion 2, is an indicator plate 25. This plate'has a 1011-gitudinal slot 26, in

hich the stem 27 i of 110 the pointer member 28 moves. This indicatorplate 25 has at one side of the slot notations designating differentkinds of sewing machines, and their numbers of needles, and above theneedle notations appears the word Needles? On the other side of the slot26 is designated the names of different sewing machines, and above thisdesignation is the word Shuttles. The sliding head 21, carries a springdetent 2?, which is adapted to engage in the notches of the stop members1.). This detent 27 has a slot 28, through which a pin 29 passes, theupper end of the detent carrying a plunger head, which is depressed by asuitable spring 31, located between the stem 27 and the plunger, asclearly shown in Fig. 7.

Located within the rectangular box-like portion 2 is a circular shuttlecarrying member 32, which is provided with a plurality of radiatingshuttle carrying pockets This shuttle pocket carrying member 32 isattached to and supported by the lower end of the shaft through themedium of a suitable flanged collar 34-, so that the member 32 and itsshuttle pockets are rotated when the shaft is rotated through the mediumof the wheel 12, shaft 9 and gears 7 and 11.

I For the purpose of preventing theneedle packages 16 from being thrownout by the centrifugal action, if the device is rotated rapidly, Iprovide each pocket 15 with a suitable spring 15, which extends theheight of the pocket and serves to cause a slight frictional tension onthe packages of needles to prevent them from being thrown out bycentrifugal force.

For the purpose of permitting access to the shuttle pockets 33, the edgeof the rectangular box-like portion 1 is provided with a door 35, hingedat its lower end as at 36, and this door extends into the top of therectangular portion 1 and the circularportion 2, as shown at 37, wherebywhen the door is moved outward by its handle 38, access to the shuttlepockets 33 is permitted through the side and'top of the rectangularportion 1, and the lower edge of the circular portion 2.

In operation when a. certain package of needles is desired for a certainsewing machine, the salesman moves the pointer member 23 until itspointer 24: is opposite the indication on the plate of the needledesired. The wheel 12 is then rotated and the spring detent 27 willengage the proper stop member 19 to cause the proper needle pocket 15 toregister with the opening 17 of the circular case 2. In this manner theproper pocket is automatically caused to register with the exit opening17.

Likewise when it'is desired to have any desired shuttle, the pointer 24is put opposite themachine for which the shuttle is desired and thedetent 27 of the pointer will ally arranged shuttle engage the propelstop member 19 to cause the proper shuttle pocket to register with thedoor 235. .1 By moving the pointer member 23 to the neutral point of theindicating plate 25, theshaft 3 and its connecting parts can be freelyrotated, as may be desired.

fily means of a selling cabinet of this type, the salesman can veryquickly turn to the desired package of needles or shuttles, thus savingtime as well as making the transaction simple and accurate.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is: i 1. it selling cabinet of the type described,comprising a case having therein upper and lower rotating compartments,the lower compartment carrying a plurality of radipockets, the uppercompartment carrying a plurality of radially arranged needle carryingpoclzets, an article retaining spring friction member in the needlecarrying pockets, separate exit openings in the case for the upper andlower compartments, anarticle pocket indicator plate and pointer atoutside of the case cooperating with a plurality of stop membersspirally arranged on top of the upper rotating compartment, whereby thepocket indicated is caused to stop in registered relation to the exitopening in the case, and means for rotating the said pocket carryingcompartment.

2. A selling cabinet of the type described, comprising a case, having anexit opening therein, a rotatable shaft within the case, operative meanstherefor extending to the outer side of the case, an indicator plate onthe top of the case arranged radially to the case, a pointer cooperatingwith the plate and moving radially in respect to the case, a rotatingmember within the case connected with the shaft and carrying a pluralityof radiating pockets with open outer ends, a plurality of stop membersspirally arranged on the top of the radiating member and cooperatingwith the pointer, whereby the pocketindicated by the pointer is causedto stop in registered relation to the exit opening of the case.

3. A selling cabinet of the type described, having a vertically arrangedexit opening therein. a rotatable shaft within the case, operating meanstherefor extending to the outer side of the case, an indicator plate onthe top of the case arranged radially to the case, a pointer arranged toslide radially of the case and longitudinally of the plate, a rotatingmember within the case connected to the shaft and carrying a pluralityof radiating pockets with open outer ends, spring friction articleretaining members within the pockets, a plurality of stop membersspirally arranged on thetop of therotating Cit member, the stop membernotched to receive a downwardly extending end of the pointer, wherebythe pocket indicated by the pointer is caused to stop in registeredposition to the exit opening in the case.

4. A selling cabinet of the type described,

' comprising a case having an exit opening,

a rotatable member within the case and having operative means extendingoutside of the case, said rotatable member having a plurality ofradially arranged pockets with open ends, an indicator plate having aradially arranged slot, a pointer co-acting with the plate and withnotched lugs spirally arranged on the top of the rotating pocketcarrying member to cause the pocket carrying member to stop with thepocket indicated by the pointer in registered relation with the exitopening in the case.

5. A selling cabinet of the type described, comprising a circular casehaving in its ver tical wall an exit opening, a circular arranged memberwithin the case carrying a plurality of radially arranged pockets havingopen outer ends, an indicator plate on the top of the case having aradially arranged slot with notations at its side, a pointer membermovable in the slot, the top of the pocket carrying member havingnotched stop members spirally arranged to cooperate with the pointer,the pointer and stops having sprin detent engagement, and

means for rotating the pocket carrying member, for the purposedescribed.

6. A selling cabinet of the type described, comprising a case having anexit opening, a rotating member in the case having a plurality ofpockets adapted to register with the exit opening, means for rotatingsaid member, the rotating member having a plurality of spirally arrangedstops, and an externally operated radially movable member cooperatingwith the stops, for the purpose described.

7. A selling cabinet of the type described, comprising a case having alower shuttle compartment and an upper needle case compartment, arotatable member in the lower compartment carrying a plurality ofradially arranged shuttle pockets, and a rotatable member in the upperpart of the case carrying a plurality of radially arranged needlecarrying pockets, the upper part of the case havingan exit opening andthe lower part of the case having an exit opening thereunder, anindicator plate and a pointer cooperating to cause the pocket carryingmembers to stop with the pocket registered with said opening indicatedby the pointer, and means for rotating the said pocket carrying members.

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